Prisoner

Summary: Beca Mitchell had always been a dark spot on her family's name. Being in and out of juvie for most of her teenage years. The last time for murder in self defense for which she got 3 years of juvenile imprisonment. Now she is back out and enrolled at Barden University due to her father being a professor there. Will Beca change her ways and go the straight and narrow or will she continue spiraling into the world of lawbreaking? Will she find love in a certain red head?

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-Chapter 1: The new life.-

Beca remained indifferent when the guard handed her, her belongings and then led her to a bathroom. Since she was getting out today after serving her time. She had gotten three years for killing a man that tried to kill her. She could see her father, Dr. Ethan Mitchell, waiting with a scowl on his face in the waiting room with his new wife. She knew he wasn't exactly pleased with her after all the trouble she had been but she couldn't bring herself to care.

She had been in and out of juvie for 5 years now. Having started getting into trouble at the age of 14. She was 19 years old and had been moved from a juvenlie institution to a real prison the year earlier when she reached the age of 18 and while the year had been hard then it only toughened her up for the life beyond the walls. Beca took her time getting ready, not really in a hurry to face her father and so took the time to study herself in the mirror. She was small, being only 157 cm in height. She had a natural tan and was muscular but not overly so, simply kept herself in shape so she could defend herself against any threats.

She had a few tattoos, a lion on her left chest connected to a dragon sleeve tattoo and On her right arm there was just the old gang tattoo which was two clashing knives over the number 45. She had once had multiple piercings but they had all healed due to her long imprisonment and her constantly being in fights. She planned on having them placed once more when she could. She had a few scars from gun fights that she had landed in and also her back had long scars on her back after she got whipped by her old ''boss'' for failing a job he gave her.

She had been a part of a drug circle's gang prior to her imprisonment though she heard that her old ''boss'' had been thrown in jail along with many of his associates the year before thanks to one of Beca's old accomplice talking to the police. Beca sighed before deciding to stop avoiding the inevitable and finished dressing before walking out to her father and step mother.

Her father just gave her a curt nod before they were escorted outside by a guard. When they arrived at the gate into the prison the guard left them behind, only whispering to Beca to stay out of trouble so they wouldn't have to see her there again before leaving. They then walked outside the gate and Beca relaxed somewhat since she was now free. Her father led them to his car and Beca sat in the back. When they were some distance away from the prison her father started talking.

"Beca. I managed to get you enrolled at Barden though it wasn't easy. I trust that you will attend your classes and stay out of trouble. Join a club or something its up to you." Ethan said and Beca just nodded silently, not caring if her father saw it or not. She stared at the scenery as they continued driving in silence. Hoping that the next 4 years would go by without much trouble. She didn't really like being a disappointment to her parents though she could really care less what her mother thought then she still remembered how heartbroken both him and her mother had looked when she had been found guilty of murder.

Before going to her fathers house they went shopping for some new clothes for Beca since all of her old ones had been thrown out somewhere by her mother when her mother had practically disowned her. Her father had managed to save everything else from her mothers wrath and had been keeping it safe for the past 3 years. Beca didn't exactly know why but guessed he hadn't completely given up on her yet. This included her laptop and music stuff which she was happy about since she lived for making DJ mixes and had once, and still did, wanted to become a DJ in LA with her own label one day.

When they got to her fathers house Beca just put some of the stuff in a suit case since she would be living in the dorm at Barden uni. School would start in about a week. She told her father she was going to go and get her piercings back which shocked him but he gave her money so she could pay for it. Earning him a thank you from her before she went to the nearest tattoo & piercing place to speak to someone who could help her out. She settled for an appointment the next day before returning to her fathers house and eating dinner with him and his new wife.

"So. Beca, how does it feel being out of jail? You must feel relieved. I can't imagine it being easy for someone as young as you being in a high security prison." Her fathers new wife, Sheila, asked suddenly after some small talk which Beca mostly ignored.

"I'm indifferent towards being out since I have spent so many years being locked up with some breaks. I'm just gonna try to focus on finishing college before finding something to do the rest of my life that is legal." Beca said, finishing her dinner before making a quick escape to her room. Not feeling comfortable being around people that expected her to let them in.

The next day all Beca did was hang around the house getting ready to go to school and also getting her ears pierced in multiple places and also getting her lower lip pierced just below the middle and had a lip ring. Her father had frowned slightly but shrugged it off since he knew she had one before she went to juvie.

Her father bought all the books and supplies she would need along with a book bag that had space for her laptop and headphones. So when it was time for her to move to the dorm she had everything ready and he helped her move. She had a whole room to herself since the principal didn't trust that she would not be bad influence or cause harm to other students. Which was understandable if you looked at it from an outsiders view.

Beca didn't mind the extra space so she said nothing. It wasn't like she was planning on becoming friendly with anyone at the school anyway. People had undoubtedly heard about the murder trial since it had been on the front page of every news paper in the country with her picture. A 16 year old tiny girl being accused, and found guilty, of committing murder was huge in the eyes of reporters. And so people would most likely shy away from her.

Once she had settled in she went out for a walk around campus, trying to familiarize herself with the area. She saw a lot of students arriving with their parents including a boy who sat inside a car singing and when he saw her giving him an odd look he sang to her before his father who seemed to be driving drove away with him. Beca just rolled her eyes before continuing her exploration.

She saw a lot of people and some stalls ahead and out of curiosity walked there and saw it was an activities fair. She was about to turn around and walk away when she was ambushed by a blond girl and a hot red headed girl.

"Hi. Any interest in joining our a cappella group?" The red head said cheerfully, smiling and handing Beca a flyer.

"uhm..." Beca said shocked and the red head took it was she didn't know what it was and started explaining how it worked, them singing covers of songs without instruments, just using their mouths. Which earned her an awkward yikes from Beca.

"So are you interested?" the red head asked a little less cheerfully and Beca just rubbed the back of her neck before clearing her throat.

"um. No sorry, I don't even sing. But it was real nice running into you guys. Good luck recruiting. I gotta go." Beca said before rushing off as fast as she could before more people could ambush her. She could feel the red heads eyes on her as she walked away. Her father had told her about the university's radio station run by the school that played 24/7 and so she decided to head there since he had already gotten her an intern position.

A guy named Luke who was the manager of the station greeted her before they were disturbed by the appearance of the other intern, a boy named Jesse who had sang to her from the car earlier. He kept bugging Beca about knowing her despite her saying he did not. Irritating Luke who told them to get along and to stack CD's. Also no sex on the desk. Not that Beca was interested in Jesse. Luke then went back into the booth to continue broadcasting music and left them to do their work.

Jesse continued to try to start a conversation with Beca, not catching the hint or not caring that she had no desire to speak with him. After work she went out onto the quad and sat there pulling out her laptop and listened to some of her own mixes.

-1 month later-

Beca was sleeping soundly in her room when she suddenly awoke to her father calling her name gently. He started speaking to her about her not trying to earn friends and she just raised her eyebrow.

"Dad. No offense but I kind of don't fit in with normal kids. A lot of people here have started to recognize me and people avoid me. Not that I'm exactly a cuddly bear to them but still. I'm not meant for any of that stuff. Not anymore." Beca said and her father just sighed before giving her a sad smile.

"You will find a group to fit in, I'm sure of it. You can't go through life like this Beca, you have been here for a month and you just go to your classes or to your intern job at the radio station and that's it. Go find an group to join or something. Live a little, what you did was terrible but it was self defense and while that doesn't excuse it then you have served your time. This label on you as a criminal and murderer will go away eventually." Her father said before getting up and leaving. Leaving Beca deep in thought. She knew it wasn't that simple but since her father seemed pretty set on her trying then she would try.

Since she was too tense to fall back asleep she decided to go take a shower. She changed into a black robe before grabbing a towel, her shampoo and shower gel along with a sponge and headed to the showers. She saw some flip flops on the floor which told her that she wasn't alone so she picked the shower furthest away. Singing Titanium by david guetta along the way.

She had just turned the shower on when suddenly-

"You can sing!" The red head from earlier said and Beca turned around quickly, letting out a loud ''DUDE!''. Hiding her scarred back from view and trying to pull the shower curtain shut again. The red head just smirked before pulling it open again and Beca just used it to cover her instead. And tried to look at the girls face, not her naked body as the red head came closer and actually checked her out as she turned the shower off.

"You have to audition for the bellas!" The red head suddenly said and Beca just looked at her awkwardly.

"I can't focus on anything you say until you cover your junk." Beca replied, blushing lightly.

"just consider it. We once sang backup for prince, his butt is so tiny I could like hold it with one hand."

Beca slipped slightly forward at that and nearly slipped right into the red headed girl but thankfully she stepped back with a playful whoops as Beca stood back up straight.

"Seriously, I am nude." Beca said blushing and as usual the girl seemed to not hear her.

"You were singing titanium right?"

"You know David Guetta?"

At this the red head gave her an insulted look before replying.

"Have I been living under a rock? Of course I know David guetta. That song is my jam." the red head said before adding with a flirtatious smirk on her face. "my lady jam."

"Thats...nice." Beca replied, feeling really uncomfortable.

"It is, that song really builds."

"...Gross." Beca said almost too low for the red head to hear.

"Will you sing it for me?"

"Dude! No get out!"

"No. not like... not for that reason okay? Besides, I'm not leaving you alone till you sing for me." the red head said, getting real close to her.

"Fine...just...maybe give me a little bit of space?" Beca said, blushing slightly and the red head smirked before stepping back and taking in a deep breath, not even for a second feeling ashamed of her nudity as she stared at the brunette.

Beca began singing shakily but slowly her confidence in her own voice grew and she sang a few lines and the red head joined in. She had to admit the red head had a beautiful voice that mixed perfectly with her own. Beca tried to just look at the other girls face instead of her body which was hard since the girl was hot and naked.

Once they finished singing Beca just looked everywhere but at the girl who was smiling only stopping when Beca glanced at her body before glancing up into the other girls blue eyes. The girl looked down before looking down at herself.

"yeah, I'm pretty confident about all this..." The red head said gesturing to herself.

Beca just nodded awkwardly before saying almost flirtatiously. "You should be."

The other girl just gave her a smile and blushed lightly before handing Beca her towel to cover herself with. Beca took it gratefully before glancing at the shower and muttering that she still hadn't showered.

That was when a boy came stark naked around the corner with a smirk on his face. Beca just gaped at the two of them in shock.

"You have a beautiful voice." the boy said looking her up and down causing Beca to glare at him and the red head just smirked.

"Thanks!" Beca said forcefully and then the two of them left her alone.

Beca pulled the shower curtain closed after hanging the towel back up and was about to start the shower again when her phone started ringing from the pocket of her robe.

-Chloes pov-

Chloe was pulling her bathrobe on along with Tom when she remembered she hadn't gotten the girls name. So she kissed Tom bye before rushing back to where the girl was showering only to hear her talking to someone. Chloe walked quietly closer and kept out of sight.

"No Andrew. I'm not gonna join your crew. I'm done with that life. I have spent 5 years of my life in and out of juvie and prison, I will not go back. Especially when my father is reaching out and trying to help me get back on my feet." the girl said to someone as she paced out of the showering stall and back in causing Chloe to see that she was talking on the phone.

Chloe was shocked to hear that the girl had been in prison and made her wonder what crime she committed. She seemed shy and awkward when Chloe had confronted her.

"Yes, I know that boss had some accomplices that are still alive but he is dead, they have no motive to go after me or you. No one knows it was us that got him imprisoned and the death penalty." The girl said, sounding irritated and yet worried.

"Look Andrew. You can remain in that life if you want, you can do whatever you wish. I'm not gonna stop you. But I'm not gonna let myself be dragged down into that hell again. Its bad enough that my mother disowned me when I got myself arrested the last time...Yes I know its my own fault but I...okay you know what Andrew? I'm gonna hang up now. Don't contact me again. You are not a part of my life anymore." The girl said before growling in frustration and made a move like she was going to throw her phone at the wall before stopping herself and just shoving the phone into the pocket of her robe and walking back into the showering stall and started the shower.

That was when Chloe decided to come out of hiding so she pulled back the curtain again and this time she saw all of the girls scarred back and wondered idly how she got them before shutting off the shower again.

"DUDE! Seriously?! Again?!" the brunette said looking slightly irritated and embarrassed.

"I forgot to ask you, your name. My name is Chloe Beale."

The brunette glared lightly at her before hesitating but seemed to remember that Chloe didn't leave her alone until she had sang for her so she guessed she wouldn't get peace until she knew her name.

"Beca, Beca Mitchell." The brunette said and Chloe couldn't help but think the name was familiar. It was like she had seen it somewhere but not heard it before.

"Your name is familiar, were you here last year?"

"No. Just google me and you'll see why it's familiar, I'm pretty well known around here... also, once you have let me know if you still want me to come to the auditions. I doubt that will be the case but in case you wanna talk to me again then I'm usually out on the quad somewhere if I'm not in my dorm room which is number 315 or in class." Beca said before gently pushing Chloe out of the shower and telling her to go now as she turned on the shower.

Chloe just shrugged before leaving to go do as the girl said, to google her in hers and Aubrey's Apartment which wasn't far away from school. When she got there Aubrey was sitting at her desk studying but looked up when she walked in.

"Hey you. I gotta say I'm worried that we won't find the 10th member that we need in order to compete this year." Aubrey said and Chloe just smirked before going over to her laptop and googling the girls name. What came up on the screen shocked her to the core. That sweet shy girl could not possibly be this person.

Aubrey, probably seeing the disturbed look on her face and decided to come over to her and looked over her shoulder.

"Isn't that the girl who we ran into at the activities fair? Is she a witness in some murder case?" Aubrey asked before reading more information over her friends shoulder. The news report was 3 years old and it spoke of how Beca Mitchell, 16 years old had been found guilty of murder. Now Chloe realized why the name was familiar, her father had been the one to put the girl in jail for 3 years.

It had been a short sentence because it had been proofed that the girl killed the man out of self defense. Chloe started panicking that the girl was there for revenge but then saw that one of her old teachers was Beca's father according to the news so it made sense that Beca was attending college at Barden. She also read a week old news report that spoke of how Beca had been released from prison and that she had claimed that she was going to stop breaking the law. A smaller report was in the report that Beca had worked for a rather dangerous leader of a drug circle that had been given the needle a year ago.

"This girl has an amazing voice, I met her earlier again, she was taking a shower and singing Titanium. I barged in on her and made her quite uncomfortable before getting her to sing with me and holy crap Aubrey, she has a beautiful voice. I want her to come to the auditions even if she has a bad past.."

"No way Chloe. She's a criminal and if we have a murderer in our group we will never win anything. People will look down on us even more." Aubrey said looking at her friend like she was crazy.

"Just give her a chance? Please? She seemed more scared of me earlier than she looked scary. She said in an interview that she was going to turn her life around. I have seen her around campus and she's always alone Aubrey. I think she just needs friends to keep her on the right path. At least allow me to tell her to come to the audition?" Chloe said and Aubrey raised her eyebrow at her, and Chloe just knew she was wondering if she liked Beca or something considering how much she was begging.

"Fine. But I can't promise that I'll pick her. If she is as good as you say I will go talk to the principal about her to see what she recommends." Aubrey said and Chloe let out a happy ''YES!'' before getting dressed and rushing to the other girls dorm room.

Beca looked rather shocked to see her on the other side of the door and Chloe just pushed the door open in her excitement and walked inside before looking around the girls room. Beca closed the door cautiously and stood by the door, giving the red haired girl a weird look.

-Beca's pov-

"I know about you being recently out of jail but I still wish for you to come to the auditions if you want to that is. I don't care about your past, Aubrey is a little scared of you but she is willing to hear you sing and to treat you like any other possible future bella member." Chloe said and Beca raised her eyebrow before walking over to her bed where she had been sitting while mixing some tracks.

"I don't know. I have never had any interest in singing. I was planning on going through college alone. But my father wishes to see me make friends and be social. So I guess I'll try out and then see what happens?" Beca said hesitantly making the red head squeal with joy and rush her to hug her tightly. Since Beca was sitting on her bed then Chloe had to straddle her thighs to hug her tightly which made Beca feel awkward.

Beca froze before awkwardly returning the hug. She was not a hugger but for some reason Chloe made her feel a little safer. After a few minutes Chloe pulled away and gave her a smile that showed just how happy she was and then she sat down beside Beca and just stared at her for a few moments.

"Have you eaten yet?" Chloe suddenly asked and Beca just shook her head no. She hadn't felt hungry so she had planned to skip dinner.

"Come eat pizza with me at this great place I know that isn't far from here?"

"Sure. Though I don't know why you would want to hang out with me." Beca replied feeling her guards go up around her feelings.

"Because I don't care about your past. I want to be friends with you." Chloe said and Beca nodded, not seeing any problem with that, before grabbing a black hoodie before slipping the hood up so it hid her face from most people and then allowed Chloe to lead her to the pizza place. When they arrived Chloe was surprised to learn that Beca had the exact same taste in pizza toppings as her which was quite rare, pepperoni, cheese and ham with mushroom and pineapple was not something a lot of people seemed to like.

-Chloe's pov-

They spoke about casual things while they waited for the pizza and then took a seat in a private corner to eat after Chloe paid for it, Beca had wanted to pay for her share but the Red head just ignored her like usual when she wanted to do something and paid for the pizza. Meanwhile Beca just rolled her eyes and sighed. After they sat down and had finished eating they continued talking before Chloe seemed to decide it was time to go for the questions she had probably wanted answers to the whole night.

"I know this question might be uncomfortable and you can choose to not answer it but why did you start the life of lawbreaking?" Chloe asked and Beca tensed and stared at the red head in a tense silence for a few moments before relaxing somewhat though she had this guarded look around her.

"My parents divorced when I was 14. I took it badly and started using drugs. When I couldn't pay for the drugs I used then I was offered to join the gang that sold them to me. They said that my small frame would make me less suspicious to cops. I accepted since drugs were all that I could think about at that time. Eventually I ran away from home and lived on the streets with my gang and just did whatever I had to do to get the next batch of drugs that all members of the gang were promised." Beca replied and Chloe just nodded silently. Her brother had been an drug addict and he had explained to her how hard it was once you tried them so she stayed away from them.

"If I may ask...what happened to your back?" Chloe asked after a moments silence.

"Once when I was 15 I failed to complete a task the boss set before me so he had me tied to a post and in front of everyone in the gang and other gangs that worked for him and made an example out of me by whipping me within an inch of my life. I was taken to an hospital after that and dumped there and returned to my mother but I ran away as soon as I had healed, not ready to give up drugs. I just sank deeper and deeper into the darkness that the world of drug users is. Eventually I got so deep in that when I was 16 the man I killed attacked me and I shot him." Beca said, seeming to be keeping some parts to herself. Chloe was curious about that but decided to not push the girl.

"Do you regret it?"

"Yes. I regret all of it. But I cannot change my past. Only try to create a different future."

"...Do you think that if you hadn't killed that man that you would still be in the gang?"

"No. I wouldn't have been. I was trying to get out, which is why he attacked me. Once your in as deep as I was, you never leave alive. When he was dead I made my way to the nearest police station and gave myself up. Telling them all I knew and about everything I had done. I was sick and tired of leading that life. And I actually wanted to be given the needle but I instead got 3 years for one murder."

"you say that like you killed more than one..." Chloe said, barely realizing that she could be pushing to far and also realizing she sounded like a news reporter. Beca sighed before replying despite that.

"Sometimes when rivaling drug lords tried to get our territory there were gun fights between the gangs under their control. I told them that I had killed a few in those but considering that I was being shot at and have scars after gun wounds then they didn't exactly see a point in charging me for those." Beca replied and Chloe couldn't help but feel a little worried at how calmly she was replying her questions. Almost like she read her mind Beca suddenly spoke up again.

"Look Chloe, I'm not proud of who I was. I want to try to be friends with you which is why I'm not dodging the questions or refusing to answer them, I am going to be honest with you and just hope that you won't run away screaming."

"Yeah. I just got a little worried I might be pushing to far. I'm not gonna go running away. I don't know why but I have this weird feeling that I can trust you. You have been nothing but honest with me so I guess that might be a part of it. But since I have sated my curiosity about your past for now lets go for something lighter. Like. How old are you?"

"I'm 19." Beca replied and they continued like that the rest of the night. Getting to know each other better until Aubrey called, panicking since it was getting late and the last thing she said to her was that she was going to see Beca. After calming Aubrey down they decided to part ways and went to their apartment. Chloe once again getting into Becas space by linking their arms together. Which the small brunette didn't seem to mind much. Once they arrived at Chloe's apartment they parted ways. Beca continuing her walk to her dorm room.

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Is that...a new story ? A pitch perfect story? What has happened to this writer?